Stock-car.



T. J. MoKAY.

STOCK GAR.

APPLIOATION FILED 0017, 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

T. J. MoKAY.

STOCK G'AR. APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7I 1907.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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THOMAS J. MCKAY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

STOCK-CAR.

To all 'whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, TnoMAs J. MCKAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in railway oars designed for the transportation of live stock.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved form of partition whereby a car of the character referred to may be divided into a plurality of compartments each adapted to contain one or more animals.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for preventing injury to the cattle contained within the car by chaiing against the sides thereof or by being bruised by coming into contact with the projecting parts on the interior of the car.

A further object of my invention is to provide a stock car which may be used as a single deck or as a double deck car and which may be further divided up into separate cornlpartments in whichever form it may be use@ Other objects of my invention will ap ear from the following detailed description o one form or embodiment thereof.

To the above ends my invention comprises certain improved constructions and combinations of parts all as will hereinafter appear and be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In order that my invention may be more fully understood l have hereinafter described. and have illustrated in the accompanying drawings one form or embodiment thereof. It is to be particularly understood, however, that the construction shown and described has been chosen for illustrative urposes only and that the invention is to e in no `wise considered as restricted thereto, as

many other embodiments of said invention may be adopted without departing from the true eld and scope thereof as defined by the claims.

In the said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken substantially on line aua, Fig. 1, with the partitions partly broken away.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 7, 1907.

Patented July 2o, 1909.

Serial No. 396,323.

Fig. l is a longitudinal central section with the deck raised. Fig. 5 is a similar view with the deck lowered and the partitions in operative position. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of a detail of one of the flexible sliding partitions.

The body of the car, in the construction shown com rises a floor or platform 12 adapted to e supported by suitable trucks (not shown) in any usual way, said floor or platform supporting studs or uprights 13 carrying the roof 14, end walls 15 and slats 16 forming the side walls of the car. Upon the roof of the car may be provided the usual footway 17, said footway being preferably provided with traps 18 and 19 giving access respectively to the deck operating mechanism and the water supply system.

The car is provided at each side with the usual doorway 20, each doorway being closed by a suitable door 21. As hereinafter described my improved car is adapted to be divided by an auxiliary deck into two compartments one above the other. The doors 21 will therefore preferably be of a type which will permit access to either the upper or lower compartment of the car at will. These doors may be of a construction substantially similar to that of the partitions hereinafter described, or of any other suitable form, but as herein shown are constructed substantially as follows: Above each `doorway and extending for a distance to one `side thereof 1s a track 22 pivotally mounted in brackets 23 mounted on the side of the car. The door 21 is slidingly mounted on the track 22 by means of hangers 24. The door 21 comprises an upper rigid portion 25 to which the hangers 241 are secured, and a lower flexible portion 26. The portion 25 of the door is provided with hooks 27 and also with openings adapted to fit over the studs 29 arranged at each side of the doorway 20,

said studs being perforated for the reception of retaining pins .30. The portion 26 of the door as shown is formed of a plurality of bars 32 hinged together at their edges, one or more of said bars being provided with openings adapted to fit over studs provided with retaining pins 32. The lowermost one of the bars 31 is provided with a pair of staples or similar devices 33. In operation the door above described may be opened to give access to the ldwer compartment by raising the portion 26 and engaging the staples 33 with the hooks 27, While access to both the upper and lower compartments may be had by sliding the door as a whole to one side along the track 22.

The auxiliary deck 26 hereinbefore referred to is shown as suspended from chains 37 passing over pulleys 38 and attached to drums 39 carried by a shaft 40 suitably ournaled near the roof of the car, and operatively connected preferably by Worin gearing 40'LL with a hand Wheel 41 contained in a recess 42, under the footway 17, and closed by the trap door 18 whereby the deck 36 may be raised or lowered from the footway. rihe interior of the car has suitable means, as brackets 43, for supporting the deck in its operative position independently of the chains 37. By this construction the chains 37 are relieved of the Weight of the stock on the auxiliary deck and may therefore be made merely strong enough to support the Weight of the stock itself, While said deck when in operative position is securely and steadily supported.

In stock cars heretofore used considerable difficulty has been encountered in the animals, particularly horses and steers, becoming chafed by contact with the interior of the car, and bruised by projections on the inside thereof. The deck supporting means above referred to would tend to provide such a projection on the interior of the car as would be particularly troublesome in this respect were some provision not made for preventing injury to the stock thereby. In order to prevent bruising of the stock my invention contemplates such a construction on the interior of the car as will prevent the stock from coining into contact With any abrupt projection thereon. In the construction shown I have provided to this end a guard or oifset 34 'ierein shown as semi-cylindrical in form, but which may be of any other suitable form or shape arranged at a suitable height to engage the side of a horse or steer and, as shown, substantially adjacent to the deck-supporting brackets 36, thereby preventing contact of the stock with said brackets or other projections on the side of the car. One of the principal causes of chaiing of animals in stock cars resides in the fact that the Wooden sides of these cars, after they have been in use for a short time, become splintered and roughened, thereby presenting a surface very slight contact With which Will often cause severe chafing of the animals being transported. The guard or offset 34 above described serves to keep the animals out of contact with rejections on the side of the car and there y prevents bruising, but in order to prevent chang I prefer to cover said guard, as also the sides of the car for some distance above the same, with a rigid, non-abrasive covering 0r lining 35 referably of sheet metal. This sheet meta covering instead of becoming roughened by usage becomes in time highly polished, and all chafing of the animals coming in contact therewith is entirely prevented.

Upon either side of the car are preferably provided a plurality of Watering troughs 43X, these troughs being arranged in sets of any suitable number and arrangement. Each set of troughs comprises a suitable number of individual troughs connected by suitable pipes or tubes 44 journaled at 45 to the exterior of the uprights or studs 13. Suitable means are preferably provided for preventing entrance of dirt or other foreign matter to the troughs When not is use, and for rendering the same accessible, when it is desired to Water the stock, as, for example, for turning said troughs into a horizontal or operative position for Watering the stock or into vertical position When not in use. The troughs 43X may be supplied With Water through pipes 46 leading from a tank or reservoir 47 near the roof ofthe car beneath the trap door 19.

In order to permit of ready access into the upper portion of the car or into any compartment thereof said car is preferably provided With upper hinged side sections or leaves 49 arranged to be opened or closed by means of operating handles 51 passing under suitable stops 52 on the roof of the car, and provided with the cross pieces 53 adapted to coperate with the stops 52 to limit the outward movement of the handles, and consequently of the side sections 49. In order to keep said sections closed the levers or handles 51 are provided With openings adapted to pass over suitable projections 54 on the roof of the car. In order to facilitate entrance into the car through said side sections the usual feed racks 55 are preferably pivoted at their tops to the studding of the car at a considerable distance above the pivots for the sections 49, thereby permitting said racks to turn up- Wardly and alloW the entrance of the attendant through said side sections from the top of the car. Suitable means are preferably provided, and are herein shown, whereby the Watering troughs Will be rendered operative or inoperative When the side sections are opened or closed, said means as shown including gears 60 and connecting rods 66.

Secured to the frame of the car upon the interior thereof are a plurality of sets of guides, preferably four in number, arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the car. Each of said sets comprises a member 67 having a vertical portion 68 extending for substantially the entire height of the car and curving into a horizontal portion 69 extending for a suitable distance adjacent the roof of the car, and a member 7 0 extending parallel to the member 67 but interrupted by a cut-away portion 71 near the roof of the car and a second cut-away portion 72 adjacent the guard or buder 34. Mounted to slide in the guides `6,7 `and 7l@ isa `flexible partition 73, preferably constructed of a plurality of bars hinged together substantially like the `flexible portion 26 of the door 21 hereinbefore described, .e-ach of said bars ibein g provided with a pair oi openings 74, one adjacent either end thereof. j Suitably ournaled Vin the frame of the car adjacent the :curve in the guide member is a j shaft provided with `a ,pair of toothed 1 wheels 76, the teeth of said wheels `engaging the openings 74. The ends of the shaft 75 l extend outwardly through the sides of the: car, and are squared or otherwise prepared in l any usual or well known way for the attachl' ment of a crank or other implement suitable for turning the same.

the exterior ofthe car the corresponding partition 7 3 may be raised into its inoperative position as shown in Fig. 4, or lowered into its operative position as shown in Fig. 5.

Upon the under side of the auxiliary deck 36 and extending to a point substantially close to the guide member 70, are guides 77 for other flexible partitions 78, substantially the same in construction as the partitions 73 and operated ina similar manner by shafts 79 journaled in bearings carried by the deck 36, and provided with toothed wheels substantially similar to the wheels 76. Vhen the deck 36 is raised the guides 77 lie adjacent the cut-away portions 71, and when said deck is lowered the guides 77 lie against the cut-away portions 7 2, in either case said guides 77 forming substantially a continuation of the guide member 70. Turning of the shaft 7 9 in the proper direction will cause the partition 78 to leave the guides 77, passing through the adjacent cut-away portions in the guide members 70 and thence down wardly between the guide members 67 and 7 0. It will thus be seen that when the deck is raised the partitions 78 may, if desired, be employed to divide the car into separate compartments, while when the deck is lowered said partitions 78 may be employed to divide up the lower compartment and the partitions 73 employed to divide up the upper compartment.

I claim 1. In a stock car, in combination, an auxiliary deck, means for supporting said deck in operative position, and means Jfor preventing injury to stock by said deck-supporting means.

2. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck, of mechanism for raising and lowering said deck, a bracket upon which said deck is adapted to rest when lowered, and a irojecting guard adjacent said bracket.

3. n a stock car, the combination with a deck supporting bracket, of a projecting guard adjacent said bracket.

4. In a stock car, the combination with a It will thus be seenlv that by turning either `of the shafts 75 from i said car into com iartments above said deck when said deck is owered.

6. Inastock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means zfor raising and lowering the same, of a system oi sliding, flexible partitions adapted. to be operated for dividing said. car into compartments below said deck when said deck is .raised or lowered and for dividing said car into compartments above said deck when said deck is lowered.

7. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means for raising and lowering the same, of a guide mounted on the frame of the car, a second guide carried by said deck, and a flexible partition adapted to slide in both of said guides.

8. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck, of a guide mounted on the frame of the car and having a cut-away portion, a second guide mounted on said deck, and a sliding partition adapted to enter said first-named guide from said second guide through said cut-away portion.

9. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck, oi' a guide mounted on the frame ol' the car, said guide comprising a vertical part and a horizontal part, a partition mounted to slide in said guide, a second guide mounted on said deck, and a second partition adapted to slide in said second guide and in the vertical p art of said first-named guide.

10. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck, oi' a guide mounted on the frame of the car, said guide comprising a vertical part provided with a cut-away portion and a horizontal part, a partition mounted to slide in said guide, a second guide mount ed on said deck, and a second partition adapted to slide in said second guide and to enter the vertical part oi' said first-named guide through said cut-away portion.

11. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means for raising and lowering the same, ol' a guide mounted on the irame oi the car, said guide comprising a vertical part provided with two cut-away portions one above the other, and a horizontal part, a partition. mounted to slide in said guide, a second guide mounted on said deck, and a second artition adapted to slide in said second guide and to enter the vertical part of said. lrstfnamed guide through said upper cut-away portion when said deck is raised and through said lower cut-away portion when said deck is lowered.

12. In a stock car, the combination with 'SiO an auxiliary deck and means for raising and lowering the same, of a guide mounted on the frame ol' the car7 and a partition carried by said deck and adapted to slide in said guide.

13. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means for raising and lowering the same, ol a system ol' partitions 'l'or dividing said car into compartments longitudinally thereolI whether said deck be raised or lowered.

14. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means l'or raising and lowering the sameI of a sliding partition carried by said deck and operable Whether said deck be raised or lowered.

15. In a stock car, the combination with an auxiliary deck and means lor raising and lowering the same, oll a sliding partition earried by said deck on the under side thereof and operable beneath said deck Whether said deck be raised or lowered.

16. In a stock car, the combination With an auxiliary deck and means for raising and lowering1 the same, of a sliding partition carried by said deck on the under side thereoiI and operable beneath said deck Whether said deck be raised or lowered, and a second sliding partition operable above said deck when said deck is lowered.

In testimony whereoll I alHx my signature, 30

B. O. JOHNSTON, M. C. STRICKLAND. 

